Pea-sheller



G B. PRICE. PEA SHELLER.

' Patented Aug. 16 1864 THE Norms rains co, PnoTo-uwm, WAsmNuYoN, u.'c.

PATENT OFFIC GEORGE 13. men, or WATERVLIE'I, NEWYORK.

PEA-SHELLER. i

Specification forming partof Letters Patent No. 43,864, dated August 16, 1864.

To aZZwhom it may concern.-

. Be it known that l, G. B. PRICE, of Watervliet, in the county of Albany and State of New York,have invented anew and Improved Machine for Shellin g Peas and Beans; and I do hereby declare that. the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled inthe art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a side sectional elevation of my improvement; Fi g. 2, a plan view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate I. the same parts. v

Upon a platform, A, there are mounted two uprights, B B, having lateral arms near their center B B, the uprights being connected at their tops bya' cross-bar, C. The above parts constitute the frame of themachine.

The peas, beans, or other articles to he operated upon are shelled by being passed between a pair of elastic surf-aces, here representedin hlJQfOIlll of rollers ;D E, which are arranged in the manner shown between the uprights B B The rollers I). E have their journals orbearimgs in the uprights, which are .slotted, as shown at a, to receive the journals and their journal-boxes, which'a-re inserted'i-n the same manner as similar parts are ordinarily introduced into the framesof common mechanism. \Vithin the openings a,rest1ng upon the journals of the upper roller, 1),-are

pressure-blocks 1 and passing through the cross-bar 0, so as to press upon the blocks F, are adjusting-screws G, the use of-which' is to regulate at pleasure the degree of pressure of the pressing surface ,or roller 1) upon the peas or beans which pass between the pressing surfaces .or rollers l) 1* The surfaces of the latter are made-elastic by covering them with rubber, or by constructing the body of the-roller of some other suitably elasticsubstanee. One end of each roller 1) E is provided with a gear-wheel indicated by dotted lines at f f, and these .wheels me'sh together, so that when power is applied to the crank-wheel g on the roller E both rollers D E will receive motion. When-green peas,

beans, or other articles to be shelled are presented, between the rollers, they will be drawn in, the pods will be crushed and opened, and

. rollers D E.

the peas or beans will be expelled therefrom and fall intothe drawer H below the rollers. This drawer H slides in and out beneath the rollers and fillsthe space between the uprights B B, as shown in Fig.1.

By this simple machine'all kinds of green or dry peas, beans, and podded substances maybe rapidly shelled without any injury whatever to 'the grains or seeds themselves.

When large quantities of peas or beans are to -beshelled, I apply to the machine certain 4 devices for feeding in the said substances in the following manner: At the front end of the machine, over a pair of rollers, I I, I stretch an endless apron, J, the upper surface of which is provided with flexible ridges K. This apron moves in the direction of the arrow, and the peas or beans to be shelled when placed upon it will be carried in the direction of the: arrow to the rollers D E. The apron J de-' .rive's its motion from the p'ulleyM on the roller E. A belt, N, extends from pulley M to apulley,0, on one end of apron-roller 1. There is alsoapulley,P, which gives motion through belt Q to arevolvin'g scatterer or. rake, it,

mounted, in the manner shown, above theapron I. .The shaft of rake R is provided witha series of projecting lingers orteeth, h, which scatter the peas orbeans that may have been thrown upon the front part of apron J and cause them to be spread out evenly upon the apron before they reach the shelling-rollers D E. At the rear side of the machine, over rollers SS, I stretch'anotlier endless apron T, which derives its motion through belt U, from a pulley upon the extremity of' roller 1), as shown. The use ot'apron'li's to carry off the pods as fast as they issue from between the The shelled peas or beans, bein g small, fall from the rollers-into the drawer H, below; but the pods, being'larger,are projected out from the rollers until they are caught upon the moving apron '1, from the outer edge of which they fall in a heap upon the ground.

I do notliinit myself to the precise construction of parts or feeding and discharging devices herein shown, for the skill of any ordinary mechanic will naturally suggest various modifications thereof; but,

. Having thus described m y invention, I

glaim as new and desire to secure by Letters said elastic surfaces, of a feeding and also of smut- 1. The employment of the elastic surfaces D E for the purpose of shelling green peas, beans, and padded substances substantially in the manner shown and described.

2.. The employment, in combination withthe a, discharging device, operating substantially as herein shown and described.

M v GEORGE B. PRICE.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. RAYMOND, WILLIAM BARNES. 

